Georgetown Sells the Wormley School

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Georgetown has officially sold the Wormley School located just off of East Campus facing row houses rented to many student on Prospect Street (the site of the infamous fire and subsequent ecivtions of last year) to a real estate developer. IMO, this is solely a bid to help town-gown relations. I also think its somewhat rediculous that a university has to go to the extent of selling off its assets to placate its neighbors - when you move into a college neighborhood, if you do not expect elements of campus life: sporting events, students walking on the sidewalk, the hours that students keep, and drinking to impact your life you need to have your head examined - it is a nice neighborhood but I still think its a situation where the buyers have been warned. I really get tired of the university having to win over the sentiments of some deep-pocketed NW families in order to do anything.

[Nevada Hoya]

It seems a common occurrence among the affluent is to move into a high-rent district and then complain about the conditions. Usually by people, who buy on golf courses and then complain about their house being hit by golf balls. Now, let's see - the university has been there since 1789; probably not too many people have had their homes (in the family) since that time. So, who was there first?

Another case in Las Vegas is the people, who moved into homes near the pig farm, and then complain about the smell.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Wow. How is the high rent district in Las Vegas located near a pig farm? I still have the Hoya article about the neighborhood invading campus (and the French Department surrendering) from 2 years ago - if anyone has a link to that thing it was hilarious - all about them discovering that New South is a federal clean up site and such ...